Shekou
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Shekou () is an area at the southern tip of Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. It faces Yuen Long, Hong Kong, across the Shenzhen Bay. It has been designated as a free-trade zone by the government, alongside Qianhai, Hengqin and Nansha New Area.
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Shekou () is an area at the southern tip of Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. It faces Yuen Long, Hong Kong, across the Shenzhen Bay. It has been designated as a free-trade zone by the government, alongside Qianhai, Hengqin and Nansha New Area.
==History== The area was formerly a customs station of Bao'an County. On 31 January 1979, it became officially known as the Shekou Industrial Zone, developed solely by China Merchants Group of Hong Kong under Yuan Geng's leadership, earlier than the formation of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone. The event is chronicled in the Chinese ballad "The Story of Spring (春天的故事)". China Merchants Group helped developed Shekou into a modern port city through developing the industrial park, building a port which was highly accessible to the village, and building urban residences. China Merchants Group developed a reputation for this approach to development, which is called the Port-Park-City model or the Shekou model.
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